Thread: HP says bye bye to webOS hardware
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2011-08-18 , 21:37
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Originally Posted by cBeam View Post
I read it that HP is spinning off their PC business. In this case an HP tablet does not make much sense, neither does a HP branded smart phone.

It is telling that the largest manufacturer of PCs and LapTops exits or sells the business. The future owners will define their mobile strategy. Who will it be? Lenovo? Asus? Huawei?
Like IBM, HP has seen the light: for a US company of their size and scope, hardware margins are too small and heading rapidly for zero. In the end, services make the real money.

I'm still shocked that they even bought Palm at all. Maybe there are some really sharp, hard lines between divisions (that are now coming down)...

EDIT: added "US" qualifier
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